A writer-mom's life is filled with a million and two distractions; sometimes she finds herself at the park, WRITING ON THE SIDEWALK

IF YOU’RE GOING TO PROCRASTINATE…

Procrastination hint #277: If you’re going to procrastinate… you might as well have something pretty to show for it.

Today I was going to write THE SCENE. The big one. The scene I’ve been working towards for ages. (literally).

I had time blocked out. Notes ready. My alarm was set for o’dark-early.

But instead I spent my morning grangerizing. (Thanks to Word A Day I know what this process is called now.) For the record, they were rescue books. Their alternate fate was to be discarded at the library. And I also used a few extra-loved covers from picture books that have hard covers as well. So even though this behavior truly shocks – yet fascinates – my children, I don’t feel too guilty about it.

And I refuse to feel guilty about not writing THE SCENE today. Because while I was playing with colors and images and sticky tacky glue, the scene was gelling in my mind. I needed a different creative outlet today.